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Great rona

Great Pond
November. Where IL the Indian sum
mer: when
There comes season, brief and bright
When the zephyrs breathe with gentle swell,
And the sunshine plays with 4 softer light.
Like the summers hast farewell"
J. Il. Shuman was called TO La Grange
last week, to attend the funeral Of his
mother, who was buried Wednesday,
J. :. Archer is making quite all Improve
mcnt on his buildings.
Gus Collar i, building a barn.
We have had two weeks vacation.
School commences again Monday.
Lumbcrmen are engaged IN getting ready
for the woods. some Of them taking their
families We wish them success.
"Wednesday evening thc teachers NJ thc
sabbath school gave thrir scholars 4 little
entertainment followed ~ cake aud leui-
onadc. EI"~~lt
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pioneers in this entertainment. The
speaking was fine, the statuary excellent,
the singing first-class and the chorus eN-
ceedcd them all. The crowd was hungry,
the supper good. and the receipts were
$50.
About the most important thing of late
was giving back To this village the river
which went to sea with the freshct last
spring.
Mr.. J. s Condor and Mr. A. Sopcr have
leased the property in this village belong
ing to the Lock and Sluce Company and
thoroughly repaired the dam and locks,
which were carried away during the fresh
ct last spring, restoring the river and
grist-mill-two very important adjuncts to
the prosperity and comfort Of the place
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-21
FRIDAY. JANUARY. u. 1887.
: : : : : :
PUBLISHERS NOTlCE.

Repinnine on the first day of April next, we
shall require that all subscriptions 10 the hh"'
,sTER be paid in advance. ON that date All
papers not paid in advance will be dlscoh'lh-
ucd and thereafter papers Will be stoppcu
when the time paid tor has expired
We have tried the other plan faithfullY, ana
ave forced TO the conclusion that ii is not the
RIGHT wnv About one-half of our suDscfl-
hers do nav in advance. The remaining man,
whose subscriptions represent the pront oi
the business ana Il great deaf more, pay only
when they have been asked hall Il doHch
times and perhaps not then. 1t costs more
tban il comes to to collect their subscriptions
,Vbo amounts are small, but, in the aggrc-
yate stand for a considerable sum, winch we
are entitled to ana ought to have. Most oi
this money due is in the hands OF responsive
persons, and yet il is out of our control ana Is
ot no use to meet our bills. 1t may be pad
sometime but in the meanwhile we must let
our creditors suffer or borrow money 10 pa!
them and pay interest ON IT,
Every papcr sent out of an Office costs
nonov The cmploveeS ot the Office must be
maid weekly, the paper bills monthly Any
one can readily see that when II subscription
runs for year or more we are lending th'
snhscriber so much cash. 1t is an nnbuslness
IKE way of doing business; ana we are SURF
that our friends will see il in that hSht an'
cheerfully fall in with the arrangement lh'
propriety of which is so obvious.
We shall send every subscriber "A statemch
ef account very soon, in order that there ma.
be no misunderstanding; and perhaps II ma.
be found best to publish list Of those iir'n
est in arrears, to whom bills have been re
peatedly sent without result. Some OF thel
may not have received notice who can thus b
reached
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-21
SIONS.

There is opposition in the House to the
passage of the bill that went through the
Senate granting pension of $1,000 year
to the widow of Gen. Logan. 1t is as
serted that the precedent thus established
would be bad But the House has passed
the bill pensioning all survivors of the
Mexican war and their widows remain
ing unmarried; and a bill giving pension
to dependent parents and bestowing Sl2
a month on every one who had served
three months in the late war, or in any
war in which the United States has been
engaged, and been honorably discharged,
and who is now from any disability un-
able to earn his support, being also Who'll
" dependent upon his own labor This
is surely broad enough to cover all eases.
Sooner or later. in all probability. every
one who served in the Union ranks in the
late war will be pensioned. The fact is
that under the present laws many who
are not entitled to pensions receive
them. while many others who can fairly
claim them are barred out because ade-
quate testimony is not now prOcurable.
The only right way is to pension all and
thus do away with the injustice that is
inseparable from the operation of the
present laws.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-21
VERMONT WEATHER
AS SHOWN IN ASSOCIATED PRESS DIS
PATCHES.

BRATTLEBORO. VT, Jan. 17.-Eleven
and half inches of snow has fallen here
today, making total of II feet thus
far this winter, or i.S7 feet more than for
the corresponding period last year. Sew
eral towns in the county have over four
feet on a level.
CHESTER DEPOT, VT, Jan. lS.-This
has been the worst day of the season.
The wind has blown a blizzard since last
night piling the three feet of snow on
the ground into huge drifts, making
travel impossible. Mountain stages
failed to arrive for the first time this win
ter and all trains are late.
WATERBURY. VT. Jan. 19.-The wealth
er is the coolest ever known in this town.
80 below zero. Snow has blown upon
the track, and three trains were stalled
on Slip hill, making Boston mail six
hours late last night.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Vt. Jan. 10
The weather last night was the coolest
ever known in this section of Vermont
At , o'clock last evening the mercury
registered 10 deg. above zero, at Q clock
p. IN. l. deg. below: at this morning
IS below. while at Woodstock it was 4;
below: at st. Johnsbury, 43 below Han
over. y. II. 40 below. and Canaan. y. H.
j3 below. At 10 o'clock this morning i
was 90 below here. and at 9 this evening
above, with cloudy sky and prospec
of snow storm. Tie snow average:
about three feet deep.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-21
SENATORIAL ELECTIONS.

This has been week of senatorial
elections. Tuesday the Maine le0isla-
ture returned Eugene Hale, the only op-
posing vote being that of one prohibition
ist. Pennsylvania chose NJ. 5. Quay to
succeed John l.. Mitchell. In Connecti-
cut Joseph X. Hawley succeeds himself.
Illinois Ihas elected Charles b. Farwell
OF Chicago to succeed Gen. Logan. Sen
ator Dawes was reelected in Massachu-
sets, after a prolonged fight. George
Gray of Delaware is his own successor.
The liveliest contest was in New York,
where the principal candidates were War
ner Miller, the Incumbent Levi p. Nor
ton and Congressman Frank Hitchcock.
The latter was nominated by the Repub-
lican legislative caucus Wednesday, and
the contest is regarded as decided in fa-
vor of Hitchcock. Smith NJ. Weed of
Plattsburgh is the Democratic candidate
for the place. The Minnesota legislature
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-21
JURORS AND JUSTICE.

One who watches the trial of "A case in
a county court cannot but be impressed
with two defects in the system of admin
istering justice which there obtains.
The first is the lack of qualifications in
jurors. Once the prominent business
men of the county were called to serve
in that capacity. They were familiar, to
a degree at least, with the forms of court
procedures, and had some notion of the
value of evidence. They knew human
nature and were competent TO determine
from the appearance of witnesses wheth-
er what they said was entitled to Gre
dence or not. They know the ways of
the world and the methods practiced by
the legal fraternity, and were not to be
imposed upon by specous arguments or
clap-trap of any kind. In these days the
best of our citizens (and by best we
mean the sort of men just described) do
not as a rule appear in the jury box. Jul
ry duty is unpleasant and they manage
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-21
ANT,-MORMON LEGISLATION

Early the present session of Congress
the Senate passed bill. reported by Mr..
Edmunds as chairman of the judiciary
committee. designed to still further cur
tail the powers of the Mormon church
The House has passed a substitute bill
which makes it lawful for the husband or
wife of any person prosecutedf for bigamy,
polvgamy or unlawful cohabitatiOn to be
competent witness against the accused
and further provides for the registration
of all marriages. making it a miSdemean-
or for any person to violate the proVi-
sions relative to such registration. 1t
annuls all the territorial laws providing
for the identification of the vote of the
electors at any election and also all laws
comforting ON the territorial courts the
power to determine divorce cases, and
abolishc> woman suffrage in the Terri
tory of Utah. Penalties are prescribed
for unlawful intercourse, and polvg-
amy is defined as a marriage between one
person of one sex or more than one per-
son of another sex and is declared to be
Il felony. The financial corporations
known as the Latter Day Saints and the
Perpetual Emigration Fund company are
dissolved and the Encouragement is di-
rected to wind them up by process of
court. and all the laws for the organiza-
ton of militia of the territory and the
creation of Nauvoo legions are annulled
Polygamsts are made ineligible to vote
and test oath is prescribed for all per
sons desiring to vote, that they will obey
the laws of the United States and especial.
ly the laws III respect to the crimes de-
fined in this and the original Edmund'
act. The bill provides for the immediate
appointment by the President of all the
Judges and selectmen of the county anC
probate courts, and by the governor OF
all the justices of the peace, sheritf-s con
stables and other county aud district Off
GERS.
This, it will be seen, is taking radica
measures for the suppression of the evi
! of polygamy, which is every day growing
more threatening and is likely to involve
at least three of the territories unless
stringent laws are passed looking TOWARD
the suppression of the church.
We notice that the New York Tribune
, sneers at the bill as a Democratic scheme
: and intimates that it is unconstitutional
! 1t was prepared by Hon. j. Randolph
Tucker of Virginia and Hon. John W
: Stewart of this district, acting as a sub
+ committee of the House judiciary com
: mittee, and is party measure in N
e sense of the word. Nor is it unconstitu
y tional, in the opinion of those most com
: petent to decide that question. Its ain
d is to root out polygamy, and Congress
u simply takes the government of the ter
ritory into its own hands with that in
n tention.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-21

to avoid it. Their places are largely ia
ken by younger men or by those who
have nothing special to do and do not OBJ
ject to coming to the county seat for
week or two. These latter are not bad
men in any sense of the word; they are
too often, however, inexperienced, and
therefore easily led astray by fallacious
reasoning or appeals to their emotions.
1t LAYS with the authorities of the several
towns to apply the needed remedy.
The second point we have in mind is,
that the presiding Judge ought to let the
jury know what he thinks of the evil
dence. For instance, a witness may tell
what the court considers an entirely i'm
probable story: but the jury may not
think of it as such, and, by giving this
testimony weight it does not deserve,
reach a wrong verdict. when, if their at
tention were called to the improbable
ty of the evidence. a right conclusion
would be arrived at. The Judge would
not then decide the case: for the jury
! Noulu SUN ne DOullNl W l'l III al OIllll'li
of the truth or the untruth of the wit
ness's evidence, and. having done that,
to fix its value in connection with that of
the other evidence. in making up their
verdict. The Judge would simply pre-
vent the jury from being misled. y
striking illustration of what we mean
came up in a recent trial here The
charge was burglary: the defence was
based chiefly on the evidence of the own
er of the saloon entered, who said, in
substance. that he had given the respon-
dent unlimited license to enter the place.
The Jury disagreed. The giving of a
license of the character stated is uncom-
mon. to say the least: and it is quite
likely that if the Judge in his charge had
called the iurys attention to this fact 4
different verdict might have been rem
dcrcd. The object of trial by jury is jus
tice. and. when the quality of the jury de
mands it. it seems to us the Judge should
assist by all legitimate means in the at
tainment of the end sought-a Just yer
dict
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-21
CHAMPLAlN VALLEY AGRICULTURAL
SONIETY

The annual meeting of this society was
held at the Stevens House, Nergennes,
on Saturday last. President ,Jackman
called the large meeting to order at
o'clock, p. m. The secretary read his
report of the business transactions of
the society the past year, by which it
appeared that the receipts of the society
at the last fair were $ 300; expenses, in
cluding premiums and individual eX-
penses, 81, $50, leaving a balance in the
treasury of $50. 1t should be under
stood that the owner of the grounds,
Hon. }. NJ. Dyer, has expended some
S400 in permanent improvements during
the year. ii. ). Jaclman was reelected
president, but declined, with thanks for
the compliment, and Olin Smith of Ad-
Olson was chosen president. Austin
Booth of Ferrisburgh and Mr.. f. f..
Sears of Panton were chosen vice-presi-
dents; Frank c. Dyer was reelected sec
retary and ID. ii. Lewis, treasurer. These
are the directors elected &c. F. 0. Kim
ball, Vergennes; +. 5. Wright, Wey-
bridge Warren Peck, New Haven; O. H..
Fisher, Addison; +. A. Field, Panton.
The town managers are: Addison, G. r..
smith; Bridport, Geo. sollace; Bristol,
+. A. HaSSeltine; Cornwall, ii. +. lay
lor; Ferrisburgh, j. o. Walker; Leices-
ter, l.. c. Needham; Lincoln, Chas. Lee !;
Middlebury, Hiram c. Sessions; Monk
ton, q. ii. Stone; New Haven, f.. c. Ri
der; Orwell, III. Il. Cults; Panton, Chas.
Tull; Ripton, r. +. Bentley; Salisbury,
ii. j. Hyde; Shoreham, r. ii. Preble !;
Starksboro, Page Smith; Vergennes, F..
f. Woodbridge; Waltham, Carlton w.
Sprague; Weybridge, NJ. f. Sprague !;
Whiting, f. ID. Douglas; Charlotte,
John ii. Thorp; Westport, n. Y, Nelson
Gibbs; Essex, n. y, A. l.. Baldwin.
After discussing the matter it was de-
cided to hold the next fair Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, the 9th, 7th
and Sth days of September next.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-21
THE STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.

The annual meeting of the State Teach
ers' association will he held in West Ran
dolph on Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day, Jan. 27, % and 80. Among the
speakers from abroad who will be pres
ent and deliver addresses are Hon. j. w.
Patterson of New Hampshire, President
r. W. Bicknell and Prof. J. b. Sharland
of Boston, DIR. J. II. Woman of Troy. N.
Y, and Miss Josephine Brooks of New
Haven. Conn. Among Vermont teach
ers who will read papers are Superintend-
ent j. J. r. Randall of Rutland, Princi-
pal F. f. Parlin of Bakersfield, Princi-
pal A. II. Campbell of johnson, Principal
G. W. Henderson of Craftsbury, Princi-
pal Elizabeth Galley of Waterbury Cen
ter and Miss f. Harrison of Montpelier.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-21

The protectionist Democrats have
agreed upon tariff scheme that will
shortly be presented to the House. y
Washington dispatch says:
The measure will repeal the tax on to-
bacco and dealers there in, also on fruit
brandies and alcohol used in the arts. 1t
will place on the free list those articles
mentioned in the Randall bill with some
others, such rs jute and grasses. The
bill will also contain the provision of the
Randall bill reducing the tariff on Ger
tain articles, but it is proposed to avoid
as far as possible the long discussion
which a general customs tariff measure
would occasion. The bill, it is said, CON
templates reduction of sos, S,0OO,0 900 in
the annual revenues of the Government
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-21

THERE is some Indignation at the
north part of the State over the action OF
the Dominion government in abrogating
the agreement that was entered into, two
years ago, for the protection of fish in
Lake Champlain. The Canadian govern
nent has granted licenses to fish in the
waters of Missisquoi bay lying within
the Province. We do not see what can
be done about it, though. The Domin-
ion undoubtedly has the right to grant
licenses for fishing in its own waters, if
it chooses.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-21

month of June, 1884. the respondent, in
company with Charles $. Blair, went to
the house of one James Welch, an old man
living alone not far from the village of
Hancock; broke in the door, and, after
choking Welch. robbed him of $95 which
he had in his trousers pocket. Blair's
father married Welch's daughter for his
second wife and Blair had worked for
Welch during the summer. knew that he
was to be alone on the night in question
and that he was to have some money, al
so that it was Welch's habit to carry his
money in his trousers pocket and to wear
those garments by night as well as by
day A few days after the robbery Blair
and Flint were arrested for the crime.
and had a preliminary examination. At
the December term of the county court,
1884. Blair pleaded guilty and was SELL
fenced to two years in the House of Cor
rection. He has served the sentence and
has married since its expiration. 1t was
claimed in Blair's behalf when he was up
for sentence that Flint led him into the
crime. Flint, who was put under $500
bonds at the preliminary examination and
was indicted at the June term. 1885. of
the county court, left the vicinity in the
summer of 1884. Early in November,
1885, he was arrested at Milford, Mass,
where he had been working on a farm.
| At the December term of the court, 1855,
he was tried. The jury disagreed. 1t
was understood at the time that three of
the jury were for conviction and the rest
for acquittal. lie then gave bail in the
sum of $50 and was released from Gus
tody. At the present trial States Attor-
ney Wids is assisted in the prosecution
by W. II. Bliss. Esq. and the defence is
conducted by Hon. Henry Ballard, as.
sisted by Frank Plumley, Esq, of North
field and Mr.. Slade of this place.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-21
ADDISON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL So

ADDISON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL So
GETTY.
The annual meeting of the Addison
County Agricultural society was held at
the Addison House on Wednesday, Pres
ident +. y. Bissell was in the chair. The
report of the treasurer, Hon. Calvin Hill,
was read; and. on motion of IL. +. Tay
lor of West Cornwall, was accepted and
adopted. On motion of Hon. j. NJ. Dy-
er of West Salisbury the chair was di-
rected to appoint committee of five to
nominate officers for the ensuing year,
and named j. A. James and J. B. Cher
bino of Wcybridge, Hon. W. Z. Nash of
New Haven, G. II. Witherell and II. +.
Taylor of Cornwall, who reported the
following: President, Edgar y. Bissell
of East Shoreham; first vice president
Chas. X. Witherell of Cornwall; second
vice president, j. \. James of Weybridge
secretary, Frank c. Dyer of West Sails
bury; first assistant secretary, II. b
Wright of Weybridge; second assistant
secretary, II. +. Taylor of West Corn
wall treasurer, Hon. Calvin Hill of Mid
dlebury; directors, Hon. j. NJ. Dyer, Jo
seph Battell of Middlebury, Darwin Ri
der of Middlebury, Hon. ID. w. Nash o.
New Haven, +. G. Farnham of Shore
ham. They were unanimously elected.
On motion of Hon. j. NJ. Dyer it was
voted that the executive board hold ;
meeting at the Addison House on Wed
nesday, February ,, 1887, at 10 O'Clock
a. III. The date of holding the annua
fair was left to the executive board. Ad
journed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-21
ADDISON COUNTY COURT.

p The county court. Judge Taft presid-
ing. resumed work Monday morning. af-
ter a recess of week. The whole of
the time since has been taken up with the
trial of state V. Flint. \ crowd of in
terested spectators has filled the court
room. and almost every one has already
decided the case in his or her (for num-
Der of ladies have been constant attend
ants own mind as to what the verdict
ought to be. The prospect yesterday was
that the jury would not get the case before
this afternoon or possibly not till to-
morrow.
Monday morning, previous to the call
ing of the Flint case, a few matters were
disposed of, as follows:
Sanford Newell, formerly of New Ia
ven, who was recently arrested by Depu-
| ty Sheriff Caldwell of that town for bur
glarizing the store of w. w. Warren at
Brooksville in October last, was arraigned
and pleaded guilty. lie will be lG years
of age on the 10th of April next. The
sentence of the court was that he be con-
fined in the Reform school at Nergennes
till he attains his majority, or go to the
House of Correction for an equivalent
term, that is, till April l6, 1892. The OBJ
iect of the alternative sentence is to pro-
vide for his punishment should he prove
uumanageable at the Reform school.
VIM. Doyle, the Irishman arrested last
week at Sudbury for stealing a whip,
robe and horse blankets from j. @. Stick
ney of Shoreham, and charged, also, with
stealing box containing 500 in money,
a gold chain and other valuables belong
ing to Miss Nancy j. Little, who kept
ring the absence of the family at the
temperance camp-meeting at TicOndero-
ga last summer, pleaded guilty to both
offences, and was sentenced to four years
at hard labor in the State prison. 1t
seems DOYLE has been married but two OF
three years. His wife is native of Will
ting and well connected They have one
child. Mr.. Slade of Eldredge & SladC
appeared for both Newell and Doyle.
The next respondent to appear was
Mrs. Harriet H., wife of John Mack OF
Salisbury. Early in the present term OF
court. it will be remembered, the hus-
band was brought III on the charge OF
disturbing the peace by riotous and tu-
multuous behavior at the seat of learn
ing in Salisbury village, where Miss Hell
There had been trouble over the punish
ment of scholars. Mack went up to the
school-house to regulate things and got
into hot water by the means. Then, on
, Wednesday, the 18th inst, Mrs. Mach
felt moved to follow the example set by
her lord and master, and, visiting the
| school, applied sundry offensive epithets
writing book and her fists to the teach
er, so that the latter was temporarily in
> capacitated for duty. Complaint made
f to States Attorney Wilds brought abou
her appearance in court. She owned tina
the accusation was substantially in ac
cordance with the facts and was finet
: Sl5 and costs, which Mr.. Mack promptly
paid. James f. Stapleton, Esq, ap
, peared for Mrs. Mack.
= 1t is alleged by the prosecution, il
2 State vs.. Flint, that one night in tho